Cartrefi have partnered with The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) to provide grants to help colleagues who are currently experiencing hardship, grants of up to £500 are available. The amount awarded is at the discretion of the CWC grants assessor.
The grant is available to help you with specific financial needs in times of increased cost of living, unexpected major expenses and ease the burden of everyday expenses. The fund is limited and should be accessed by those who need it most- there is no entitlement.
Do you qualify for a grant?
- The fund is available to contracted employees regardless of contract type of length of service
Please note that you will need to provide your payroll number and this will be checked with Cartrefi HR to confirm you are eligible. No details about your application or reason for applying for a grant will be shared with your employer.
Who is not eligible?
- Employees leaving or serving notice
- Employees currently on probation
- If you receive a grant from this fund, you are not able to apply again
What can the funds be used for?
Examples of expenses which funds can be used for are:
- Daily living expenses
- Essential whitegoods
- Essential household items
- Health improvement aids and adaptations
- Travel expenses to hospital / Medical appointment
- Essential household repairs
- Car repairs
- Bankruptcy and Debt Relief Order (DRO) application fee
- Fees to prevent eviction
- Grocery shopping
- Rent/ Mortgage/council repayments or arrears
The grants will be independently assessed by the Grants Team of the Care Workers’ Charity, and eligible grants will be paid out once approved. You can apply for a grant towards more than one expense – please provide as much evidence as possible. The team aim to turn applications round within two working weeks subject to receiving the necessary documents.
THESE GRANTS DO NOT NEED TO BE PAID BACK.
The maximum amount you can apply for is £500 although you are not guaranteed to received this
Do you take my finances into account when assessing my application?
Finance can help give us an overall picture, particularly if you are also receiving benefits but you will not be excluded from receiving a grant based on your financial information.
What supporting documents do I need to submit?
- You must include a bank statement. Your name, bank account number and sort code need to be clearly visible. We need this so we can double-check the bank details on your application are current.
- You must include supporting documentation that will help strengthen your grant claim for example:
- Rent/ Mortgage/council tax repayments or arrears
- Car repairs (invoices/quotes)
- White goods or household items (invoice/quotes, evidence that shows not financially affordable)
- Home repairs (invoice/quotes, evidence that shows not financially affordable)
What’s the application process?
- Your application comes into the Care Workers’ Charity Grants Team
- You receive an email which gives you your application reference code which begins with GA followed by a series of numbers. Keep hold of that number in case you want to check how your application is doing
- The email will come from grants@thecwc.org.uk – it may be in your spam email
- The team check that you meet the eligibility criteria, and that you are currently employed by Cartrefi.
- The team check that you’ve included your bank statement, and other supporting evidence such as bills to show the cost of living increase
- The Grants Team will email you if there is anything missing or if they have any queries. Please respond to their email as soon as you can; we can’t pay you without the required information. Their emails will come from grants@thecwc.org.uk
- Once everything is checked and ok, a team member will mark your application as ‘eligible’
- Another team member does a final check, and approves your application if everything is correct
- Your details are uploaded onto our system, ready for payment and you receive an email confirming that payment will be made and will go into your bank account within two working days (during bank holidays there may be a short delay)
- The money goes into your bank account
What happens when I apply?
- Your application comes into the Care Workers’ Charity Grants Team
- You receive an email which gives you your application reference code which begins with GA followed by a series of numbers. Keep hold of that number in case you want to check how your application is doing